Tom Dodson

Responsibilities

• Subject Areas:
  • Art & Art History 
  • Creative Writing 
  • Theatre Arts 

Contact Information

• Phone: 541.552.6836
• Email: dodsont@sou.edu

Library Committees

• Web & Discovery
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Programming & Outreach

Regional Committees

• Online Northwest

Publications

Edited Volumes

• 2015. Best Indie Lit New England, Vol. 2: 2012–2014. Somerville, MA: Black Key Press.
• 2013. Best Indie Lit New England, Vol. 1: 2010–2012. Somerville, MA: Black Key Press.

Short Stories

• 2021. “Keeping.” Missouri Review 44(1): 21–41. doi:10.1353/mis.2021.0004.
• 2019. “All at Sea.” Gulf Coast 31(1): 56–68.
• 2017. “The Master of Sleep.” Chicago Quarterly Review 25:41-51.
• 2016. “Ghost Bike.” Beloit Fiction Journal 29:62–74.
• 2015. “Two Valleys.” Consequence Magazine 7:69–81.
• 2014. “The Death of Elpenor.” Chicago Quarterly Review 18:150–157.
• 2013. “Evidence of Harm.” Conium Review 2(2):17–35.
• 2012. “Creek People.” Beloit Fiction Journal 25:52-65.

Essays & Scholarly Writing

• 2017. “Structure, Perspective, Editing: A Writer’s Favorite Books on Craft.” The Review Review, January 30.
• 2017. “From the Library to Las Vegas: The Role of Research in the Writing Process.” Tishman Review 3(1):123–126.
• 2013. “The Poetics of Presence.” Printer’s Devil Review 3(1): 62–71.
• 2003. The Politics of Impossibility: A Socio-symbolic Analysis of Society, Identification, and Ideology. Master’s Thesis, Ohio State University.

Digital Projects

• Campana, Andrew and Thomas Dodson. 2014. “自動化 | Automation.” Printer’s Devil Review 4(2).

Education

• MFA, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, 2020
• MLIS, Kent State University, 2008
• MA, Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University, 2003
• BA, English, Missouri State University, 1999

Honors & Awards

• Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize, Missouri Review, 2020
• Iowa Arts Fellowship, 2018
• Finalist, Hamlin Garland Award for the Short Story, 2020
• Finalist Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers, September/October 2017
• Richard Bjornson Graduate Essay Award, 2002
• OSU University Fellowship, 2001

Experience

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, University of Iowa, 2020
• Editorial Assistant, Iowa Review, 2019–2020
• Web Developer & Designer, Harvard Library, 2013–2017
• Program Coordinator, Office for Scholarly Communication, Harvard University, 2008–2013
• Reference Librarian, Tisch Library, Tufts University, 2008–2013